The first release candidate for HBase 2.1.6 is available for download: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/2.1.6RC0
Maven artifacts are also available in a staging repository at: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1329/ Artifacts are signed with my key (9AD2AE49) published in our KEYS file at http://www.apache.org/dist/hbase/KEYS The tag to be voted on is 2.1.6RC0: https://github.com/apache/hbase/tree/2.1.6RC0 HBase 2.1.6 is the seventh maintenance release in the HBase 2.1 line, continuing on the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to the Hadoop and NoSQL communities. It fixes several CVEs related to jackson by upgrading jackson-databind dependency to 2.9.9.2, all hbase users are highly recommended to upgrade, especially the one who uses hbase-rest. 2.1.6 includes ~127 bug and improvement fixes done since the 2.1.5. There are several critical fixes around WAL, which may cause WAL corruption or hang the region server. Please see HBASE-22539, HBASE-22681, HBASE-22684 for more details. The detailed source and binary compatibility report vs 2.1.5 has been published for your review, at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/2.1.6RC0/compatibility_report_2.1.5vs2.1.6RC0.html The report shows no incompatibilities. The full list of fixes included in this release is available in the CHANGES.md that ships as part of the release also available here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/2.1.6RC0/CHANGES.md The RELEASENOTES.md are here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/2.1.6RC0/RELEASENOTES.md Please try out this candidate and vote +1/-1 on whether we should release these artifacts as HBase 2.1.6. The VOTE will remain open for at least 72 hours. Thanks
